Percy Jackson & the Olympians

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    takes place in the present U.S.A. and is a exciting adventure. Meet Percy Jackson, a 14 year old buy with dark hair and sea green eyes. He is the proud son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson and Tyson’s half- brother. In the Titan’s Curse Grover, Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia discover two new half-bloods at Westover Hall, but Annabeth and the goddess Artermis are kidnapped by Krono’s Army and Atlas. As our tale begings Percy, Thalia, and Annabeth approach Westover Hall to join up with Grover…

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    wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.” This quote is from the first book of the Percy Jackson series, The Lightning Thief, created by Rick Riordan. Like most books, it became popular and was created into a movie. However, the movie and the book share an abundance of differences, but there are also aspects that the movie and the book share. Percy, a demigod, finds out that his father is Poseidon, god of the sea, and he has to leave his home in Manhattan and…

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    The Sword Of Summer Essay

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    In the book, The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan, the main character Magnus and the Sword of Summer (or Sumarbrander, in Norse) had a relationship that changed through the storyline. In the beginning they didn’t know or trust each other, but later in the book they developed a strong bond of friendship. Magnus and the sword first met when Magnus pulled it up from the bottom of the Charles river to fight the fire giant king Surt. At first, Magnus and the sword were total strangers to…

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    This essay will be made on Apollo, In the book The Hidden Oracle, in the series The Trials of Apollo. In the beginning of the book, the only thing he cares about is himself and how to become a god again and how to get back to Olympus. After he is cast down to the earth by Zeus, most of his memories taken away from him, in an unfamiliar body, and only $100 to start on, he lands on some garbage in an alleyway and get beat up by some thugs, and has his money stolen from him. A little girl named Meg…

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    Does Percy Jackson have ADHD? A typical FAQ that people ask about the novel Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief is does our protagonist have ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Percy Jackson was a fictional series written by Rick Riordan, the same author for “The Red Pyramid”. The main characters of the story are Percy (son of Poseidon the sea god), Annabeth (daughter of Athena the wisdom goddess), grover (a satyr who wants to be a searcher. My claim is that Percy Jackson does not…

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    they are shown on screen. Movie producers end up using famous people who have acting experience to act out the character in the book. For example, in the book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Percy is supposed to "look" like a 12 year old who doesn’t know what he is doing and would lose any fight he got into. Yet in the movie, Percy looks partially athletic, and is 16 years old. Casting decisions play an important role while making a movie; if the actors/actresses don't look like the…

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    Many stories that are famous today originated from past legends of greek mythology, so let’s take a closer look at the popular Percy Jackson series. In the book, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, the quest plotline, perfect hero archetype, and the good vs. evil theme have been modernized from the myth “Danaüs, Perseus, and the Gorgon” by Edgar Parin D'aulaires. Devising the quest plotline was the heroes protecting their mother, help from gods (and goddesses), they kill the same monster, and…

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    Riordan, the main character, Percy Jackson, finds out that the life he has known is all a lie. He learns that he is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea. He also finds out that Zeus, the god of the skies, has accused him of stealing his most precious weapon, a lightning bolt. Throughout the book, Percy goes on an exciting journey to find the true culprit of the crime he has been accused of, and stop a civil war between the gods. In the end, everything that Percy faces in his journey forces…

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    The Seventh grade has been shockingly tranquil for Percy Jackson. Not a solitary Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters creature has set foot on his Incipient York private academy grounds. In any case, when a guiltless round of dodgeball in the middle of Percy and his colleagues transforms into a malignant match versing a plain gathering of savage giants, things get homely.The unforeseen appearance of his companion Annabeth circulates more appalling news: the otherworldly outskirts that shields…

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    The Prophecy Comes True Percy was granted a quest, a quest so treacherous he was not expected to come back. Zeus’ Master Bolt was stolen, and they’re supposed to return it. Percy is the son of Poseidon, which brings him hero’s fate because Poseidon is not aloud to have children. He took along two friends to accompany him, Grover and Annabeth. Luke gave them magical flying shoes to help them along there way. The oracle told them four specific things that Percy will happen on, or after his…

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